GUWAHATI: The Supreme Court has restored Indian citizenship to Sirajul Hoque from Assam’s Dhubri district, who was declared a foreigner two years ago, because of a mismatch in the spelling of his grandfather’s name, PTI reported.
Sirajul Hoque and his father Hakim Ali’s names appeared the same in all documents, however, his grandfather Kematullah’s name was shown as Kefatullah in some documents.
The bench of Justices RF Nariman and Vineet Saran said that the Foreign Tribunal’s order was based on a discrepancy in Sirajul Hoque’s grandfather’s name.
The court ruled that the petitioner had proven that while there was a discrepancy in his grandfather’s name in one document, he had other documents to prove that the two versions of the name belonged to the same man.
Hoque had initially moved the Gauhati High Court against the tribunal’s judgement but it dismissed the petition.